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Summary: New Millenium Vampire
Review: I read most of these other reviews before I read BOUND IN BLOOD. I'm glad I did. It was because of the weak reviews that I picked it up.The book's a shocker. For many year's we've been treated to humanized vampires who have retained their human emotions and with them cluttering displays of pathos and bathos. David Thomas Lord did none of that. His vampire, Jean-Luc, is the second most evil monster I've ever come across. His mother, Noel, comes in first! This novel comes closer to true art than any horror novel ever has, and it's his first book! Horror literature! Who'd have thought it! If it is to become a series (as was hinted at), I can't wait. In a time when horror has become either splatter-punk, gangsta nonsense or simply horrified romance novels, BOUND IN BLOOD soars above the pack. Lord's characters, notably Jack, Noel, Claude and Laura, are timeless. Their commentaries on the mortal world around them are bitingly true and murderously satiric. Lord's prose is absolutely top-notch. No contemporary horror writer can touch him. The book is a marvel of information. Lessons on art, music, theater and fashion only add dimension to the underlying story of betrayal and revenge between lovers and between mother and son. It is a violent book. Violence in the most cruel and most surprising ways. It is full of sex too. Some readers may not be up for the amount of sex and violence in this book. But it's not gratuitous. Jack lures his victims with his sexuality. Or, perhaps, with theirs. As for the violence? Well, it's a horror story involving a creature who drinks the blood of mortals. He's not Mary Poppins, or for that matter, Lestat.
I've been a lifelong fan of horror stories and horror writers. David Thomas Lord has more than justified my addiction. I only wish that there were more stars to give this guy.
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Summary: POORLY DONE
Review: I thought this book would be a fun romp - WRONG! It's a darkly inappropriate look at a protagonist rife with self-loathing and a plot with more holes that a pair of 2 year old socks. I like vampire books, but this one really did not capture my interest at all. The ending makes no sense (it contradicts itself) and it's hard to be captivated by a main character who is an indiscriminate killer, though for no real apparent reason. The writing is often jarring without being effective. The book is just full of mean, unlikable people, esp. the "hero" - so really, what is the point?
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Summary: Bound in Blood : The Erotic Journey of a Vampire
Review: I wouldn't recommend it unfortunately, I view this book as a plain killing Vampire story not Erotic. And I would not buy another of this type. I love to read about Vampires I read romances or erotic, but this was the worst of any type I've read.
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Summary: New Millenium Vampire
Review: I'm a tried and true Anne Rice fan to the point of collecting first edition hardcovers. As a gay man I love the pansexuality of her characters in both the Witch series and Vampire Chronicles. I can find it frusterating that the homo-eroticism in Rice's books never goes into the physical realm, but that's just me. In this novel, the Vampire characters are fully fleshed out and rather than the esoteric sensuality of Rice's work, these Vampires not only fall in love, they go headlong into the world of sex and eroticism. The descriptiveness is satisfying but not overblown and is clearly the work of a mature storyteller. I am surprised not to find other works by this author. The story line is interesting and compelling. Hopefully there will be more books to follow these battling mother and son vampires in the near future. Anne Rice this isn't, but if you like your Vampires hot, sexy, and frequently naked, this is your book.
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Summary: Sexy, erotic, not in the vein of Anne Rice - sexier
Review: I'm a tried and true Anne Rice fan to the point of collecting first edition hardcovers. As a gay man I love the pansexuality of her characters in both the Witch series and Vampire Chronicles. I find it sometimes frusterating that the homo-eroticism in her books never goes beyond into the physical sexual arena. In this novel, great characters are fleshed out and the full on sex and eroticism is very much evident. The vampires are true vampires without the 'love them anyway' of Rice's Vampires. The descriptivenes is satisfying and clearly the work of a mature storyteller. The story line is quite interesting and compelling as well. Hopefully there will be more books to follow this mother and son vampires through more battles in the near future. Anne Rice this isn't but if you want sex and vampires, this is your book.
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Summary: Marvelous
Review: In my opinion Bound in Blood;The Erotic Journey of a Vampire by:David Thomas Lord was a great book.I just recently bought it and couldn't put it down.It sucked you into the pages. [Everyone] would love this book.For its artistry and compassion.Its truly detailed down to the last book case its a great book everyone in my opinion should read it.
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Summary: LOVED THE BOOK, HATED THE VAMP!
Review: Jean-Luc (Jack) Courbet seems to be your average wealthy 27-year old Greenwich Village inhabitant with the tall perfectly muscled body of a gay Olympic God. Fortunately he hasn't aged a day in almost 130 years --- ever since his late stepfather, the Marquis de Charnac, provided him with the opportunity to be reborn as an undead. In other words, Jean-Luc was wooed, used and vampirized by daddy dearest. Now, as Jack searches the Village haunts and meats racks for his next meal (he has a taste for only the finest "beefboys" on display) he realizes that his mother, the Vampiress from Hell, has again tracked him down. And, as she has done before, is adding her own victims to his normally discrete dining choices in order to create a public panic and media circus about the "Horror Of West Street," which she would like everyone to believe is non other than her son Jack. Well, at least some of the victims on the rapidly growing list were objects of his "love and lust" but not all of them. Besides, his victims were politely offed in a loving and gentlemanly way, while the strange kills were brutally slaughtered. Unlike the "straight or somewhat straight" vampires that populate the writings of Laurel Hamilton, Jack is a totally repulsive gay vampire with no redeeming human qualities (probably because he is a vampire) and you're sure to hate him like I did. Actually, he reminded me of the way a lot of gay men use and abuse their love/lust choices in real life. So maybe the author wrote Jack the way he is as a social commentary. Fortunately, that didn't keep me from rapidly turning the pages to see what happened next. And hopefully it will be the same way for you. Unfortunately, too many loose ends are left dangling at the end of the book, which means that a sequel is undoubtedly on the way.
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Summary: No suffering vampires here!
Review: Loved the novel. A page turner indeed. What I loved most about it was the different way it dealt with vampires. Jack is not searching for a meaning to his existance or god, he's a vampire and all he does is for his survival. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author, David Thomas Lord.
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Summary: Intriguing vampire tale
Review: Over a century ago in Paris, Jean-Luc Courbet and his mother became vampires when his stepfather the Marquis de Charnac converted them. In the present, Jean-Luc, known as Jack, lives and stalks mortals in Greenwich Village, a place where the evening always has delightful morsels. However, the active gay community notices Jack's appetite. They raise the alarm through the gay media that a serial killer, dubbed as the "Horror of West Street", hunts his prey amidst their people. Besides the rage of the gay press, Jack's mother demands he provide her with Charnac's grimoires. As Jack deals with the gay community warnings and his mother, he thinks he may be in love as he finds model Claude Halloran a bit more appealing than just a late night snack. David Thomas Lord shows he is a writer with tremendous abilities yet the first "erotic journey of a vampire" tale centers on the kill way too much as opposed to Jack's seduction of his victim. The premise of a gay vampire is quite intriguing and works in a fresh manner while Jack is a fascinating character whose morals fit a creature hunting humans as food. However, the support cast, especially Jack's targets, never feel developed enough so that the audience doesn't empathize with their deaths but instead thinks of them as statistical counts of cannon fodder. Still, the potential for a great series is here if Mr. Lord allows the audience time to digest the nuances that make the victims human. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Where's the sex and action???
Review: This book would fall into the same category as many movies I have seen. It COULD had been a great book if they just would have developed it more and gave more detail into the parts people want to read. For on thing, the author spends 2 pages, max, describing what is suppose to be an erotic "kiss of death" from the vampire yet spends half a chapter describing some theater in the book. Let's be real people! I bought this book to be scared, intrigued, and turned on. Not to get tips on home decor'.
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